Smiley face in the road is a happy sight

Whenever I stop at the corner of Bastanchury and Associated roads in Fullerton. I look down and see the smiley faces the road crew painted within the round wire circles that trip the signals. It always brings a smile, but I wonder, who put them there? Greg Beers, Yorbe Limfa A. Rest assured that the Fullerton public works department had no hand in the tagging. We try to make people happy here in the city of Fullerton says Mark Miller. Fullerton s traffic engineer. But I m not aware of any happy faces that the city laid down at that intersection or anywhere else. Miller explains that video cameras mounted on poles above street level now detect traffic volumes at that intersection. DAVID RIZZO OR THE REGISTER There might be some old circular loops, but they are no longer used, Miller says. If someone drew a happy face in them, well, cheers to them. Nov. 26 my wife and I were driving home around midnight on the westba stop because the northbound transition road was closed for construction. Would it have killed them to notify us of the closure sooner so we could have exited early? Me Estrada, Brea A. According to Laura Schapar, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Tranirtation Authority, that closure was not part of the 57 freeway improvement project I talked to Caltrans, and they had no scheduled closures for that evening, either, Scheper says. They only thing they know is that there was an accident near that area, which could have caused the problem. Scheper adds, Construction alerts are published on Fridays regarding work taking place the following week. Go to find a map that shows which freeways are under construction. Keep in mind that often the contractor hired to do the work for OCTA or Caltrans may have to delay or advance a work schedilue for reasons outside the contractor s control. Three homeless men killed while sleeping Three homeless men have been stabbed tcent weeks, raising alarm in police departments and homely camps as investigators try to determine whether any single motive links the killings. The men were all stabbed multiple times as the slept alone. Police posted bulletins at homeless shelters describing the killings as remarkably similar, but said it was still too early to say whether anything more than the men s homelessness connected their deaths. They asked that anyone with information call the Anaheim Police Department at 714-765-1944 or email detectives at htf@anaheim.net. Homeless people said the killings have only underscored a rule of life on the streets. Nobody here sleeps alone, said Sherissa Houston, 49, who lives around Anaheim s La Palma PSrk. Nobody here stays alone Always. The body of the first of the three victims was found on Dec. 21 at a shopping center in Placentia, not far from a park; he was identified as James Mc Gulivray, 53. One week later, another body was found on tway; he was identified as Lloyd Middaugh, 42. The body of the third victim was found late Friday afternoon at the bottom of a stairwell behind the Yorba Linda library. He was identified as Pauhas Cornelius Smit, 57 . Police have declined to release a grainy surveillance ( that shows a thin man dressed in black lying in wait and then stabbing McGillivray, the first victim. Placentia police initially described the man in the video as 18 to 25 years old, 5-foot-6 to 5- foot-9. We are not certain that there is only one suspect, Anaheim police Sgt Bob Dunii said. Investigators have not found any link between the three murders, he said, except that the victims were all homeless men and were all stabbed to death. ' Police have increased their patrols in places where hornless peopte are known to stay Pohce in Placentia, Anaheim and Yorba Linda have formed a task force to investigate the killings, joined by the Orange County lieriffs Department. Police also have circulated warning fliers in homeless mmunities throughout Orange County - to make them aware they are apparent targets of these attacks, Dunn said. The fliers advise homeless people not to sleep or camp in dark, secluded areas. They also warn them to stay together and keep aware of their surroundings. - Doug Iiving high schools get Grammy recognition Western High School and Esperanza High have been announced as a two of the 125 semifinalist in the Grammy Signature Schools program. The selection process began in August when the Grammy Foundation sent requests to more than 20,000 public high schools for information about each school s music program. Applications were submitted in October. Finalists were asked to submit additional documentation such as recordings from school concerts, sample concert programs and repertoire. This information is reiwed by an independent blue-ribbon committee of top music educators and professionals to determine the schools that merit Grammy Signature School Status. Finalists will be announceand receive a custom award and grants ranging form $1,000 to $10,000 for the music programs, according to the foundation s website. Stefmi Peterson Anaheim man to lead O.C. Hispanic Bar Association Jose Gonzalez will serve as president for 2012 of the Orange County Hispanic Bar Association. Gonzalez, of Berman More Gonzalez in Santa Ana, is a member of the Orange County Bar Association board of directors, and has been co-chair of the workers .compensation section for the past two years. He practices workers compensation and personal injury cases. Gonzalez, 39, married and with two daughters, was born in Los Angeles, and moved to Orange as a child. He spoke only Spanish until third grade, he said. Now a partner, Gonzalez, of Anaheim, joined his firm in 1992 as a part-time file clerk, later becoming a legal assistant and representing clients in administrative law court. My focus this year is to continue building on the revamped mentor program was reignited in 2011, said Gonzalez. Equalaid, is the group s effort to identify Latino juchcial candidates for appointment to the b